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Ouch the Heart Foreshadowing
Oh man this scene in 1x06 The Art of F**kery is so great (sorry everyone having to suffer my OFMD posts “late”, but it only just got released in the UK, on the BBC).
Blackbeard totally bullshitting, Stede freaking out, Izzy losing his jealous MIND cuz he thinks they’re screwing on deck (which, of course, they are, metaphorically).
But the best (worst) part is Blackbeard “forgetting” that the frigging heart is on the left side of the body (a pretty important organ dontcha think!) in a massive case of foreshadowing, because Stede is about to break his heart into a million pieces and he never saw it coming.
And he’s right - being stabbed in the body with a flesh wound you can survive is one thing, coping with that pain on adrenaline and drink and the mania of his Blackbeard persona, he’s done it so many times before. And, being stabbed in the heart means death, so that’s it, you’re done. But getting your heart well and truly broken for love? Well, that’s another thing; the pain lasts so much longer, and when you finally heal, you’re never quite the same person you were before. Poor bastard, he’s so happy here, with his intimate flesh-wound.
#Our Flag Means Death#1x06 The Art of Fuckery#Edward Teach#Blackbeard#I just love Izzy too OK#He's so in love with Blackbeard himself#In his own way#But his problem is that Blackbeard is a persona#And Ed loves Stede because with him#He can discard the persona#And be loved as Ed#OFMD#My Miscel Meta#ofmd meta
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"haha Bepo is the weakest co captain!! He's a big baby that cries!" ya, and that's why Law has him as co captain. Law has lived such a violent life of seeing people that care for him dying and being used for others personal gain that having his most trusted man be a person that hates to hurt others, is a bleeding heart of care, that seems to really respect Law's choices and orders is perfect for Law. The others in his crew are like this, but not to the level of Bepo which we need to realise is why Law wants around him
#one piece#trafalgar law#bepo one piece#op bepo#trafalgar d water law#I'm here thinking about the fight between the heart crew and blackbeard#How bepo used a huge power up to not fight but save Law#And how Law basically just had his dressrosa acr in the story#meaning he can not fully appreciate the fact Bepo and his crew are looking out for him just because they like him#we know (but is not fully canon) from the short stories Law thinkings Bepo follows him because he saved his life#but now he can see that bepo can literally just leave him but chooses to stay with him out of love#same goes for the whole crew honestly#and when that fully sinks in for him it's gonna make his heart so light#Law loves them and they love Law he can finally let himself feel that#but it might take a bit since he's just letting himself feel that when it comes to Corazan
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You know who I love? Edward Teach.
He's capable of such great selflessness and bravery: saving Stede's crew from the Spanish, taking the blame from Stede for Nigel's death, stepping in front of the firing squad, and taking the Act of Grace.
Yet he's also capable of such terrible cruelty: ordering a man flayed alive for a single insult, making a crewman kill his own dog, drowning someone who'd just tried to help him, burning a ship full of people alive, and of course the toe thing.
He's innocent and naive: curling into a ball and crying repeatedly from having done something bad, not understanding passive aggression and getting easily hurt by the French partygoers, and getting easily manipulated by Jack.
He's a charismatic manipulator: wowing and making friends with Stede's crew while keeping his hands on his weapons the whole time, flipping on the “insane eye-gouger” persona like a lightswitch to effortlessly intimidate the French captain, and even inventing the very concept of fuckeries (using fear to rule people).
He wears his emotions on his sleeve and is terrified of abandonment, getting easily heartbroken by Stede (and arguably reacting in e10 in large part due to fear of Izzy leaving him as well). He's stoic enough that he barely reacts at the mention of good crewmen dying for him.
He's a masochist who flirts by pointing a gun at his crush and asking them to stab him, and who asks his ex to whip him in the balls. He's a sadist who loves maiming people and who fed people their own body parts for a laugh. He's a goth who got his entire crew to wear black leather. He's a lover of pretty, bright colors who rocks a pink gown and made his first mate put purple bows in his beard.
He concocts brilliant plans but forgets the day's date. He's a master of the sea who thinks nature is annoying and stupid. He's a proud cannibal who loves sugar and sweet desserts. Sometimes he de-stresses by building a blanket fort, and sometimes he gets a pistol and tries to shoot up an entire party. He's a cute princess who can just as easily be a terrifying villain.
Ed is the most EVERYTHING of anyone on the show. It's no wonder so many people are in love with him.
#edward teach#blackbeard#our flag means death#ofmd#Izzy Hands#Stede Bonnet#to be clear I love Ed in an entirely ace way#but I can see what Stede and Izzy and Black Pete are going for#anyway this post is inspired by the Izzy antis and their terrible takes on Ed#sometimes I'll see them characterize Ed+Izzy situations so poorly that I almost get upset with Ed himself#but no#it's good to remind myself that Ed is still the best even if I disagree with some of his other fans#Ed is complex and flawed and probably not good-aligned but he deserves hugs and love anyway#he is dangerous and unhinged and combining that with his big puppy eyes only makes him more adorable#why would you want to take that away from him?
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The fact that the entire crew lied to Stede at some point to take the blame for Ed’s actions because they knew that hearing just how severly he traumatized him would have scared him off (not as in being scared of Ed, but as in being scared that he has hurt Ed so much that he would rather run away once more as to not cause any more suffering than to face him and actually fight for him) and they couldn’t let that happen because everyone who has been near Blackbeard in the last few months knows that the only way to help this man, the only way to temporarily and after some work even permanently fix his deep rooted turmoil is Stede fucking Bonnet.
#ofmd#our flag means death#and the man who knew him best - Izzy - took the most blame out of all of them#I’m so proud of his growth. he tried to seperate them to have ‘his old captain’ for himself#but instead he ended up realizing that he was the catalyzer in causing Ed to end up being so much worse#Izzy has accepted that he will never compare to Stede when it comes to Ed’s love#and he is so fucking selfless that instead he even tries to help Stede to win Ed back because at this point he just wants him to be happy#Izzy has accepted that there is no Blackbeard. He is finally trying to do what makes Edward happy#and I’m so proud of him for chosing that path especially after everything he’s been through#Izzy hands#Edward teach#Stede Bonnet#stede fucking bonnet#ofmd s2 spoilers
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not to mitski-ify everything but I’m Your Man is horrifically Blackbeard and Izzy coded
like ur kidding right
#something something blackbeard pushing izzy to violence against him was the most important#for his downfall#and how they pushed each other#blackbeard knew izzy loved him and that he largely centred his world around blackbeard#so to truly live up to the Unlovable status he put on himself#he needed izzy to hit a limit#the ‘i’ll face judgement by the hounds’ is SOOOO end of ep 2#sorry#i’m normal#ofmd#our flag means death#blackbeard#izzy hands#ofmd spoilers
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Me whenever Stede and Ed have a fight and people blame one or the other instead of acknowledging that both of them were in the wrong
#ofmd#🙄🙄🙄#IM SO TIRED#theyre both dumb and in love and will make mistakes#nothing is one persons individual fault#also if i see one more person blame stede for the sex scene and act like he violated ed im gonna lose it#they are both consenting adults#and newsflash you can consenting to something in the moment and realize later you regret it#ive experienced that before and it sucks but lets not pretend like ed cant speak for himself#some of yall are driving me craaaazy#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#gentlebeard#blackbonnet#stede bonnet#edward teach#the gentleman pirate#blackbeard#our flag means death#our flag means death spoilers#our flag means death season 2#ofmd spoilers
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Still can’t wrap my head around how Izzy shooting Ed was supposed to symbolize him “breaking up with Blackbeard” and have them go through that whole thing at the beginning of the season, to have Izzy be the one who tells Ed to follow what makes him happy, and have Izzy’s whole arc be about who he is without Blackbeard just for the finale to turn around and say that Izzy had to die because he was half of Blackbeard and that Ed couldn’t fully let go of Blackbeard otherwise.
#by all accounts it doesn't make sense#Izzy stopped caring about Blackbeard when he stopped following Ed’s orders and started going with the crew#when he told Ed he wouldn’t kill him#he had his figurative death when he tried to shoot himself and Blackbeard had his literal death when the crew killed him#when he’s fucking doing his whole speech saying that piracy isn’t about glory or fame it’s about the community it’s about the crew#the fact that they said that they just didn’t know what else to do with Izzy’s arc so dying was the best conclusion is INSANE to me#like im so hung up on this#blackbeard WAS us#YEAH WAS#dont get me started on how izzy used his fk dying breath to take the blame for everything just protecting others til the very end uh#izzy hands#him telling ed that the crew loves him and then he just....leaves#bitch the crew LOVED YOU#the whole “blackbeard was us i needed him” does gut me a little bit tho ngl like oof can yall stop being tragic for 2secs 😔#anywayyyyy sorry if im being rly negative i dont want to be truly im just upset#it’s like I understand what they were going for but when you put it next to everything that’s happened it’s like ….idk#“izzy keeps the story of Blackbeard alive by being alive!!” and ed doesnt ???#hes literally the face of Blackbeard#so he gets to change and grow and become something else and live as that but izzy cant?#you cannot kill a whole by just getting rid of half#izzy was moving past Blackbeard i just what the fuck is UP#“its cause ed is the mc and izzy is just the side character there to be a device for his growth”#ok well then dont have that characters whole motivation be about actualizing himself as his own person for a whole season#ofmd critical#ofmd
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give this man a pretty dress immediately
#i would love to say this scene was foreshadowing but he also threw them out a window so i don't know if i want it to be lgfkjdlkfjslkj#but also. like. he literally turned a cake topper into a tiny version of himself so he could yearn dramatically oh my fucking god#he wants to marry that man so bad. i'm gonna fling myself into the sun.#ofmd spoilers#ofmd s2#our flag means death#edward teach#ofmd blackbeard#wee john and frenchie can sew him something nice i'm speaking it into existence
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❛ how about a kiss before i go? ❜ from the soft prompts pls? also I SWEAR if you make this angsty I will... wail in the comments but also cry bc I enjoy torturing myself and like pain -🍂
I assume you wanted Portada (Ace x Yara) for this heheh
There are references to the anime (and the Ace light novel) but no actual spoilers.
“So Pops is really sending you to take on Bohemian Knight Doma all by yourself?”
“Yeah!” Ace grinned, flexing an arm. “Pretty great, huh?”
Yara shrugged. “I mean, it’s smarter than sending the fleet if we don’t need to. Doma might be stupid enough to encroach on the Whitebeard Pirates’ territory, but he’s not going to turn down a one-on-one challenge when the alternative is facing an entire armada.”
“That’s true, too.” He laughed. “I know I only got this mission because Pops is testing me, but I feel good.” As if to prove his point, a small burst of fire flared out of his fingertips, flames quickly engulfing his entire hand.
“Well, Fifth Division will be lying in wait should you need backup.”
“Pssshh, backup. I’ll kick his ass before he even--”
“Hey, Ace!”
Ace perked up at the familiar voice, glancing over to where a blue-haired man wearing a masquerade-like mask stepped off the gangplank and onto the deck of the Moby Dick. “Any news?”
“Yes. I’ve got the striker operational again. It should be good to go for your mission.”
“Great! Thanks, Deu!”
Masked Deuce smiled, giving his friend-- and former captain-- a polite bow before striding off.
Ace turned back to Yara, grinning. “See?”
Yara tried not to smile as she shook her head. “I still think that thing is a death trap. If you fall off of it while riding the waves, there won’t be anyone around to haul your ass out of the water. The fact that Deuce designed it and not you is the only thing giving me a shred of hope.”
“Hey!” He pretended to be insulted. “I can build stuff.”
“Your attempt at fixing the starboard anchor tells me otherwise.”
“Well, maybe the anchor was being a jerk.”
Yara finally gave in, her shoulders shaking as she laughed, and Ace felt as if he’d won the lottery. His chest puffed up, pleased.
“So…” She leaned back against the wall. “You’ve got your orders, and your-- I hesitate to call it a ‘ship’... Is there anything else you need?”
“How about a kiss before I go?” The words slipped out before he could stop them. Ace’s entire face went beet red. He laughed nervously, waving his hands in the air as Yara’s smile vanished, raising an eyebrow at him instead. “Kidding, kidding!! You don’t have to, um… because we’re not-- I mean… Sorry. Bad joke.”
“Hilarious, Portgas,” she deadpanned.
Ace’s breath hitched as she reached over, placing a finger on the brim of his hat and tugging it down ever so slightly. A shiver ran up his spine, heart drumming erratically in his ribcage. God, she was so close to him, the scent of her favourite vanilla lotion flooding his senses.
A small, bemused smile hinted at the corners of her lips as her hand lowered, and all Ace could think was how badly he wanted to catch it in his own and press kiss after kiss to her knuckles, her palm, her wrist; trailing down her arm until their chests were pressed closely together… letting himself drown in that beautiful gaze of hers as he held her against him, safe and snug…
She picked up the hat’s counterweight from where it hung against his bare chest, smoothing her thumb over the tiny cow skull embedded into the clay disc. “Just… Remember that you’re not invincible, as much as you like to pretend otherwise, Fire Fist.”
“It’s not like you to worry, Hellcat,” he couldn’t help but tease her in return.
Yara let out a soft laugh. “You are going to give me a full head of grey hair by the time I’m forty, you know.”
“And you’ll still be as beautiful as ever. Er, I mean…” Heat rose to his cheeks. “You could pull it off, I’m sure.”
“There you two are, yoi.”
They glanced over as Marco approached them, giving them an amused look. “Yara, I think Vista’s looking for you.”
“Oh. I suppose I should be off, then.” She lightly touched Ace’s arm, making his heart nearly stop. “Good luck, Ace. Even if you don’t think you need it.”
With that, she strode off, heading towards the ship’s main cabins. Ace watched her go, the air around him already feeling colder without her presence.
“You know you’re going to have to tell her someday, yoi,” Marco said, crossing his arms.
“There’s nothing to tell her.”
“Ace…” The First Division Commander’s tone was firm, yet gentle. “You can’t help how you feel.”
“I know, I just…”
“I’m already giving up on Ace, too! I don’t care if he dies or not, I’ll just tell Garp it was an accident. It’s true that the ‘devil’s children have the devil’s luck’, and Ace is the devil’s son!”
He sighed. “She deserves far better than a good-for-nothing guy like me.”
If she knew… There’s no way she could ever…
Marco didn’t look convinced, but he didn’t push it any further, either. The crew had begun to gather around them, cheering as they wished Ace a speedy victory. He waved back, one foot resting on the ship’s railing as he prepared to leap onto the striker, which was waiting in the water below. As he turned around, however, he caught a flash of violet hair. For a moment, he allowed his gaze to linger on her.
Yara seemed to notice, glancing over to meet his eyes. Her lips eased into a confident smile, giving him a slight nod as if to say, you got this. Butterflies burst into his stomach, his heartbeat quickening, beating out a rhythm so desperate, so desiring, so… unworthy. And yet…
Yet he would love her from afar anyways, even if it was the most he could ever do.
One Piece nakama: @auxiliarydetective @daughter-of-melpomene @xoteajays if you wanna read <3
#oc: bravada yara#ship: portada#otp: i'd burn the world for you#my ocs#my writing#making it their last kiss before the blackbeard hunt would've been too obvious lol so i went with pining/self-hating ace instead#the line about him being the devil's son is legit something he overheard dadan (the woman who raised him and luffy) say in the anime#(he was 10)#idk if this is as angsty as you want but i'm a little obsessed with the idea of ace lowkey torturing himself over his feelings for yara#this is before they find out about each other's fathers btw#tysm for the prompt!! these are always so much fun to do#especially when it's portada-related lol#also i'm sorry about the striker slander lol i actually love that thing but yara would probably hate it#(or at least she's like 'that thing's definitely gonna capsize one day and i will have told him so')
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at the risk of this being a hater-ish take i feel like they wldnt be doing this much with izzy this season if a significant percentage of fans didnt love his withered racist ass. especially considering the way the show typically deals with bigots/assholes in general is with immediate (and often violent) retribution. which isnt to say im vehemently against the Izzy Hands Apology Tour of 1718 but it does tie into a broader concern/anxiety i have about them catering to fans a little too hard going forward
#I LOVED THE FIRST 3 EPISODES DO NOT GET IT TWISTED!!!!!#ofmd#ofmd s2 spoilers#like sometimes What The Fans Want isnt always whats best yanno#and also. it was kind of a major heel turn on izzys part.#like how did we go from the end of s1 ‘blackbeards himself again’#to him crying in front of the crew. some shit he wld have never in a million years done before#just!! kinda rushed :/#i feel like he shld if anything become worse#edit: he did get worse (fantastic) but he got better a lil too fast for me mmmm#i think i just like izzy best when he sucks so so bad#its a testament to cons acting that i cant bring myself to be completely unhappy with New Izzy#but yah…. he just has more flavor when hes shitty
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our flag means death teaser just dropped. they really did that. i will be screaming and crying for the rest of eternity
i haven't been feeling very well recently so i haven't gotten around to fanart yet, but i absolutely will as soon as i can!!
i have never been this excited about a second season of a show !!!!! it's kind of wild to me that it's a real thing that exists. so many cancelled shows have made me less optimistic for renewals, but it's incredible that this story is really going to continue !! the first season didn't really get any advertisement at all, it was all just by queer word of mouth. and i think that's lovely !! it just shows what we can make happen when we band together :] (it'd be even better if hbo max paid their writers and actors fair living wages though,, just saying,,) i can't wait to watch this silly pirate show and for online to be like march of last year again !! october 5th we're so back !! we're all in the brainrot again folks
will be yelling about the teaser in the tags just in case anyone who comes across this hasn't seen it yet, and if you haven't, go watch it !!
#i thought it might be more vague like the season 1 trailer but NO it was SO gay#that's what the message in a bottle was !! stede is in love and he will not shut up about it !! i love him !!#ed. my poor little meow meow. he really crashed a wedding and then repainted the bride doll as himself#i love you but i want to study you under a microscope#also i understand though. as long as lucius is alive you can commit as many atrocities as u want it's okay#speaking of lucius he's in the walls he's all good#ALSO THE JIM AND FRENCHIE OUTFITS. THEY'RE DRESSED LIKE THE REST OF THE BLACKBEARD CREW#quit ur job. join my emo pirate crew. truly#also i'm half sure the revenge is getting picked up by anne bonny and mary read ! i really wanted them to be in this season#stede is going to be getting his ass kicked throughout this season until he learns proper pirating#and i am here for it#i really hope they expand more on jim and oluwande ! oluwande backstory ! both of them deserve it !!!#the prince song !!! agh !!!!#he did a punch !!!#i will never be normal ever again. truly#i apologize in advance#our flag means death season 2 spoilers#ofmd 2 spoilers#ofmd s2#ofmd#our flag means death
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god i fucking love ofmd so much but some of the shit the white fans have to say abt the show genuinely kinda fucking hurts sometimes
#im just gonna ramble here but#as a brown man seeing people depict ed's first reaction to heartbreak as unrestrained violence and anger#hurts so badly?? like did we watch the same show???#ed was healing and processing his emotions in a healthy way#but he was manipulated in such a shitty way by izzy... and fuck do ppl really not get that izzy doesn't love ed??#he worships the idea of power that comes with the title of blackbeard#he doesn't love or worship ed#he said so himself#he doesn't think of ed as a person#he thinks of ed as this thing that gives him power#sorry i just needed to talk abt the way white fans treat ed#it's not all of the white fans but a good fucking chunk#and it makes me so fucking uncomfortable sometimes#ofmd#our flag means death#edward teach
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to be honest i know we've all been making jokes about how easily ed quote unquote folded after taking about like six hours total to actually "forgive" stede but i stare at that scene where stede is telling him he loves everything about him he loves just being Near him and ed's expression is SO INSANE like the second after he stops stede from actually saying "i love you" and stede immediately just starts doing it anyway he's like DON'T -_- but he's turning to face him like a flower in the sun bc he absolutely wants to hear it and is prompting him to continue it's making me sick. and then his little 3 step smile... augh... he literally did fold wet napkin style but it's so sweet :(
#🐾#TO ME... ! i know people who are being critical and perhaps loserish even say this is a reason why they're doomed bc he gave in so quickly#and forgave him. but i don't think that's actually true and i think this conversation and the one in the woods healed way more than people#give them credit for or even maybe think about. like i do think blackbeard as a physical manifestation of ed's heartbreak is still ofc#due to that but i also think it's a disservice to ed himself to accredit everything JUST to stede and is why people might think it's sloppy#or something. i think ed was well on his way to healing and dealing with the breakup just fine until he was forced into having to suppress#everything about his emotions (the emotions that make him who he IS...) and it became the catalyst to him needing to confront his own like#inner misgivings about what he thinks of himself. i think it could technically be fair if people were going Look they just showed that#stede appeared and solved all his problems and he jumped back into his arms then it blew up and then he did it again!!!#and it's like okay. well i don't think that's what happened LOL#and that is WHYYYY stede saying i love everything about you and just being near you As you is so sweet and what he wanted to hear and why#he turned in the first place. he absolutely had already made peace with everything to do with stede IN the gravy basket#and everything else was just the inevitable leftover feelings and why they melted away so easily. though tbf he did express his feelings#VERY CLEARLY and efficiently if i do say so myself like he was communicating. it wasn't unhealthy LOL 😭#and i think him finally letting himself want these things (stede's affection / love) and turning actively towards them IS the indication#that he was already ready to move on and feeling more stable emotionally and mentally. and all the conflict after was understandable#and also well come on this is a romcom they need conflict it doesn't mean they're doomed 😭 anyway#i also think stede appearing in ed's dream and saving him the way he did was on purpose and reflects all of this really well and people#attributing it to ''see he just came and fixed everything and made him not depressed anymore'' are STUPID#like the entire point is stede appears and reminds ed of what he can have and work towards and also in the literal sense that damn mermaid#did NOTHING. they just floated there together. he didn't pull him up to the surface ed did that himself. ITS ALL HIM. UGH. anyway#anyway that's just what i am turning over in my mind about it i'm sure others think different probably#ofmd#gentlebeard
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do you ever think about how Izzy genuinely thinks he's doing what's best for Edward
do you ever think about how far gone Izzy is in denial and repression and self-loathing, to think he's helping Edward, instead of hurting him again and again and again
like Izzy isn't doing any of what he does for himself, not really. when Edward makes him eat his own toe, he does it. he's fucking delighted
Izzy swore himself to Blackbeard, to Ed, and everything he does falls in line with that. he's fucking dedicated to this man, even after spending years with what he sees as someone slowly withering away. like, Izzy loves Blackbeard
he just doesn't know how to love Edward, and it's fucking killing them both
#our flag means death#blackhands#like you fucking look at any of the shit izzy does and say he's doing it for himself#if he was serving himself he'd have left this shit#but he LOVES blackbeard. that's the misery of it#and the thing is i think he does- in some way- love ed too#i just don't think he knows how to handle ed#i don't think he knows how to love someone who goes so blatantly against everything izzy believes to be necesaary#like izzy and ed has been stuck in this shitty shitty cycle for probably years#where izzy hurts ed by trying to protect him and ed bends to it or gives in or feeds it and it's just. oUuugh#they're so fucked i need s2 to fix them#i need izzy to get therapy#maybe put him and stede in a closest and they'll work it out (fight to the death and bond over ed)#like i don't understand how ANYONE can look at the shit izzy does and think he's not deeply in love with ed#they're just. not fucking on the same wave length#izzy is so deeply lost in the brutality he can't see anything but blood
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I see so many posts about ofmd season 3. am I the only person in the universe who doesn't want one
#the ending may have been rushed due to severe budget cuts but honestly? i loved it#i absolutely loved it#i cried like a baby at izzy's death but thought it made a lot of sense#“blackbeard was us”#we have to remember that yes he changed but izzy wasnt always a good person#he said so himself; he egged ed on and fed into his darkness#and when stede came in ed changed- he was happier. he was good.#and izzy saw that and changed too#and he died surrounded by family and love while finally knowing what to be loved meant#he couldnt have kept being a pirate. he couldnt have done something else#he found peace and its okay#long tags#ofmd#ofmd spoilers#ofmd s2#anyways i think it ended on a nice conclusion. what would season 3 even be? 10 episodes of stede and ed's wedding#someone has to tell me a really good plot honestly
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a thing i have JUST realized, isn't the human brain amazing lol -- is that we talk about izzy's thoughts and feelings on ed, on blackbeard, about how he serves one but not the other, etc, etc, and how it means he never loved or even respected the True Man Underneath It All but rather the bloodthirsty legend of a pirate--
e x c e p t izzy is not the first person who makes the distinction between edward and blackbeard. it's ed himself, when he says "actually, i want to be called edward from now on".
before, when he was with stede, it didn't bother him at all that the crew called him blackbeard. that was his name! he was blackbeard, what else would they call him. only stede and izzy got to "ed" or "edward" him, because they were closer -- stede was his first close friend, izzy was his friend and first mate for decades. (note that fang was with ed the longest, but he doesn't call him by his name! you gotta deserve it.)
izzy doesn't do anything inappropriate or out of proportion when he snaps at the crew to call him blackbeard or captain -- that's who ed is, is supposed to be, to them. they're not friends! they even call stede captain, and have you seen that guy?
it's ed that makes the connection between his current state: draped in fuchsia robes, singing sad songs about how sad he is, showing his vulnerable and emotional state in front of people who are supposed to respect and trust his authority. and by that he splendidly loses that authority, to the point that wee john calls him ed, and when izzy snaps at him for disrespecting his captain, ed goes no, actually, yknow what, do call me edward! and then he goes on to encourage the crew to sing as well and hey, actually, why are we being pirates! we should do a talent show!
the distinction is clear here. before all that, in izzy's eyes, his boss was blackbeard, captain, ed/edward -- different names for different occasions, but one and the same guy. but now? this guy singing songs in a pink bathrobe doesn't want to be called blackbeard, he's edward! ed time now! we're going to eat marmalade and express our feelings in front of everyone! and hold talent shows! Ya Hoo !
yeah, it's no wonder izzy doesn't want that. he wants his competent captain back, and this current dude, edward? he's not him. so, uh,
#shrimp thoughts#AND it's not izzy that's the final nail to magenta ed's coffin. it's the lads calling for EDDIE to come and sing for them again#right after izzy -- his first mate! the guy who followed him for all those decades with only mild complaining and an occasional#fed up tirade here and there -- tells him he has no reason to respect him the way he is now. if that's the way with izzy -- then fuck!#what about these guys? those basically strangers to whom he stupidly bared his soul? who are treating him like a source of entertainment?#man's just lost izzy's support. he doesn't have stede (the guy who has the sort-of loyalty of the crew). and the crew respects and admires#blackbeard -- but ed? eddie? uh oh.#look at his face and body language before and after the 'hey eddie give us another song!'. before: he's clearly upset by what just happened#but he starts to fix the robe on himself. starts trying to deal with it and stuff. but the second he hears that one sentence? he freezes.#he turns his head towards the source of the voices -- the crew chanting his name -- very slowly. his eyes are barely moving#this is not to say that izzy's words had no effect on him because they clearly did! but he did not go full kraken to make a point that izzy#is wrong and actually pink and karaoke are good. he goes kraken because attack is the best defense. and it's so fun when#everyone laughs at your jokes and claps when you sing! it's just that people are fickle as fuck :/#tl;dr the bekrakening is a complex process that doesn't have its source in one grumpy first mate who just wanted everyone to do their jobs#but rather in a fuckton of factors from which one was -- yeah -- stede abandoning ed after he bared his feelings to him. leaving him a#confused raw wound. which would be fine if ed was a teenager but unfortunately he's a scary pirate who loves a good maim#this post is soooooooo long oh my god i could have fit it in three short paragraphs probably
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